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Title: |
A Micronaut in the Wide World |
| Sub-title: |
The Imaginative Life and Times of Graham Percy |
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| By (author): |
Gregory O'Brien |
| ISBN10-13: |
186940470X : 9781869404703 |
| Format: |
Hardback |
| Pages: |
184 |
| Weight: |
.960 Kg. |
| Published: |
Auckland University Press - February 2011 |
| List Price: |
39.99 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: |
In Stock
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| This is the story of a micronaut. Artist, designer and illustrator Graham Percy travelled far and built a career on the closely observed detail. Born in Taranaki in 1938, Percy spent apprentice years in Auckland before moving to London, where with his photographer-partner Mari Mahr he created a workshop-home, a microcosm of the outside world. Here fellow-venturer Gregory Oâ Brien presents an account of Graham Percyâ s life and art, by way of motorbike and hot-air balloon, through sketches and bookshelves, touching on childhood losses and adult nostalgia. Including some of Percyâ s most compelling drawings, A Micronaut in the Wide World showcases his early design work, vivid childrenâ s book illustration and thriving mature art. The drawings reveal Percyâ s passion for the small and hand-drawn; convey quirky remembered and imagined histories; and feature a cast of curious characters, from storks and trainee running targets to Commedia dellâ Arte characters and illustrious composers. In its vivid, exuberant detail â alphabets and elephants, red lettuces and homesick kiwi, the Hungarian navy and the starry skies of the southern hemisphere â A Micronaut in the Wide World is a stimulating rediscovery of a remarkable artist. |
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